# Chitapur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Chitapur

Chitapur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **494 people in 65 households**, the 387th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 494people (2011)
- 65households
- 75.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitapur

Of every 100 households in Chitapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chitapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**85%

Tap water ****8%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****91%**

**84%

Television ****8%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chitapur?

■ Chitapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**924

Working population ****53.2%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 61.2% for women. 49% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Machhlishahr

- Mirzapur503 people
- Alaiya497 people
- Barethi497 people
- Chaujeetpur494 people
- Haweli492 people
- Chak Ghasita488 people
- Kutubpur487 people
- Girahuli477 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitapur?494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitapur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chitapur?75.9% (Census 2011)